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Elisabeth Cheauré
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Regine Nohejl
(eds.)
Humour and Laughter in History
Transcultural Perspectives
By using examples from different cultures and different historical epochs this book shows how humour can be used as a means of coping with problematic historical events, especially in times of war and crisis.
Memory Boxes
An Experimental Approach to Cultural Transfer in History, 1500-2000
This volume applies the practical approach of the concept of memory box to understand different cases of cultural transfer and exchange as well as to analyse them in relation to the concept of cultural memory.
Wolfgang Muchitsch
(ed.)
Does War Belong in Museums?
The Representation of Violence in Exhibitions
Does war really belong in museums? And if it does, what objectives and means are involved? Can museums avoid trivializing and aestheticising war, transforming violence, injury, death and trauma into tourist sights?
Birgit Schwelling
(ed.)
Reconciliation, Civil Society, and the Politics of Memory
Transnational Initiatives in the 20th and 21st Century
This volume examines the role of civil society in local and transnational reconciliation initiatives in 20th-century Europe, challenging the conventional view of reconciliation as a benign state-driven process.
Historicizing the Uses of the Past
Scandinavian Perspectives on History Culture, Historical Consciousness and Didactics of History Related to World War II
The book offers a presentation of new developments in Scandinavian memory cultures related to World War II combining this focus with the perspective of history didactics.